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TRANSLATION REGISTER OF THE LINE OF KINGS [REIGNING OVER] BZAN-LA IN ZANS-DKAR
Dpal-mgon, the elder brother, became king of La-dvags ; Bde-gtsug-mgon, the
younger brother, became king of Pa-dam (Dpal-ldum) in Zans-dkar. His son was
Seit-ge-lde. His sons were Hdzom-grags-lde, and Manga-la-lde, the younger. Hdzom-
grags-lde lived at Dpal-ldum castle. From his brother Manga-la4de originated the
family which took possession of Bzan-la, It is as follows : — Manga-la-lde*s son was
Rinohen-dpal-lde. [His son was Dge-hdun-dpal-lde.] His son was Bsod-nams-dpal-
Ide. His son was Bkr[a-s]is-dpal-lde. His son? were Mgon-dpal-lde and Brtson-
hgrus-rgyal-mtshan, [who became a] Drun-pa-rgyal-tshab [title of a high
lama]. Of - the ' elder's1 two sons Brteon-hgrus-Tgyal-mtshan, the younger,
who was a Drun-pa-rgyal-tshab, became a lama at Dkar-sa monastery. Mgon-dpal-
lde, the elder one, reigned- He had two sons, viz, Nam-mkhah-dpal-lde and Bio-
bzan-rgyal-mtshan, who became a lama [with the title of] Drun-pa-phug-pa. The elder
one had two sons, viz. Klxri-dpal-lde and Tshe-dban-dpal-lde. The son . of the
elder one was Tshe-dban-rab-brtan-dpal-lde. The younger son became a lama [and
was called] Blo-bzan-ye-ses-rgyal-mtshan, the 2abs-drufu The son of the elder one
was Ye-ses-dpal-lde. His sons were Bsod-nams-dpal-lde and Ye-ses-mam-rgyal-lde.
The [first] son of the elder, [called] Ye-ses-mthah-yas, became a lama ; the middle
one was [called] Ye-ses-don-yod-dpal-lde. The youngest [called] Ye-ses-phun-tshogs-
dpal-lde had a daughter, [called] Zla-mdzes-dban-mo.
Her husband's [name is] Grub-tshe-dban-dpal-lde. As Ye-ses-phun-tshogs-dpal-Ida died when both were children, his widow (wife), queen Bkr[a~s]is, having accepted a [certain man] called Bsam-grub to be her husband, the two protected the two young ones* Zla-mdzes-dban-mo had three sons, viz. Blo-bzan-rnam-rgyal-dpal-Ide [he died], Ba-ku-la, the Sku-gzog, and Ye-[s]es-tshul-khrims, the youngest. [He died recently.] Blo-bzan-rnam-rgyal-dpaHde had two sons, Tshul-khrims-f^i-ma, the Sku-gzog of the Bi-rdzon monastery, [he is still alive], and Tshe-brtan-rnam-rgyal-Ida, the younger one [who died]. His son is Bsod-nams-don-grub-rnam-rgyal-lde, and his daughter is BsiJan-fedzin-dban-mo* [They are still children.']
1 A mistake for * Of Bkra-sis-dpal-lde's *.'